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The first thing Hikari notices when she wakes up is that her head hurts. A lot. The second thing that she notices is that she’s thirsty, and then the third thing she notices is that her fur is muddy, especially around her paws-

it’s safe to say she’s not having a good day already.

A tiny, pitiful growling-whine comes from her, the only thing closest to a word she’s made since she woke up, as her head thumps with a resigned sort of defeat against the ground. Which was a mistake, because it only made it hurt worse. Ugh.

Ugh.

She hadn’t even done anything to deserve this! She was innocent, and had done nothing wrong, and here she was, being punished for something she didn’t even know about!

It’s as Hikari lays there, unwilling to move in hopes that the pounding in her head would go away, that she hopes something would just put her out of her misery. It’d be a kinder fate than this.